Schools minister Jim Knight and culture minister Margaret Hodge visited the Idea Store in Whitechapel to launch Book Ahead, aimed at children from birth to seven years old, and Boys into Books, designed for boys aged five to 11. In the nationwide schemes, local authorities will be supplied with a selection of free books to loan out to primary schools and nurseries via local libraries (News, 5 December 2007). Under the £5m...
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Nurseries and schools get set for free books
Young children from the London borough of Tower Hamlets were joined by Government ministers last Thursday to celebrate two national reading initiatives which will see them benefit locally from £40,000 worth of books.
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